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TELEGRAM NUMBER 33 OF 1 FEBRUARY
INFO HONG KONG, HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA
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YOUR TELNO 39: POSSIBLE REPATRIATION OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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THE UNITED KINGDOM RATIFIED THE 1951 CONVENTION ON STATUS
OF REFUGEES IN MARCH 1954, AND IT CAME INTO FORCE THE FOLLOWING
APRIL. HONG KONG WAS NOT HOWEVER AMONG THOSE TERRITORIES, FOR
THE CONDUCT OF WHOSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THE UK GOVERNMENT
WAS RESPONSIBLE, TO WHICH THE UK EXTENDED APPLICATION OF THE
CONVENTION.
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